a cure for werewolfs?

[aprilgc at ivillage.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 15416

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., alggu at h... wrote:
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> In PoA, Lupin said "My parents tried everything, but in those days 
> there was no cure." (p. 258) Presumably this means that there is a 
> cure nowadays, but you have to perform the charm or whatever it takes 
> rather soon after you have been bitten. Otherwise I think that 
> Dumbledore would have seen to that Lupin would have been cured, since 
> he is such an excellent teacher.

In chapter 13 of PS/SS  (p220 US), one of the things they do in DADA is 
study the "different ways of treating werewolf bites".  I tend to agree 
that you have to be treated right after the bite, but that you can be 
cured (otherwise it would be no different than treating any dog bite, I 
would think, and not a subject for DADA).
a.
who just read hard copy of SS - please forgive her rehash of old topics 
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